Trauma Governance in the UK Defence Medical Services

Abstract

Introduction Clinical governance is concerned with the application and enforcement of good clinical practice [1-4] and the management of military trauma patients is no exception. To this end, a framework of governance has been implemented to facilitate best practice, and to ensure that Service personnel who are seriously injured on deployed operations receive exemplary care. This paper describes the processes in place to capture data, interpret the data, and audit the process of trauma management in the UK Defence Medical Services.